Hawker Hurricane MkI G-HUPW

Basking in the evening sunshine at Shoreham this is the only surviving Hurricane known to have taken part in the Battle of Britain during which it flew 49 sorties and has 5 recorded enemy "kills" to its name. Sold to India in 1943 it remained there stored until 2001 when it was acquired by Peter Vacher and shipped back to the UK and restored to flying condition.

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Thanks for your comments. Curly, there are currently 10 Hurricane's on the British register of which 4 are airworthy. The remaining 6 are in the process of restoration, although I know of at least one of those projects that is stalled due to lack of funds. Anyway, we can look forward to 2 more becoming airworthy next year, which would mean 6 flying examples....that would be a fantastic sight!